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Associations between family structure and young people’s physical activity and screen time behaviors

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Identifying factors that can influence young peoples’ physical activity and sedentary behaviors is important for the development of effective interventions. The family structure in which children grow up may be one such factor.
Amund Langøy, Otto R. F. Smith, Bente Wold, Oddrun Samdal, Ellen M. Haug   +4 more
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Mothers and step mothers: gender models, heterodesignations and stepfamilies

Feminismo/s, 2014
Motherhood and family has been a major topic for feminist theory and critique. Also, feminism has been interested in the so-called «new families» and the role they played in the social order.
Beatriz Moncó
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Characterization and molecular profiling of PSEN1 familial Alzheimer's disease iPSC-derived neural progenitors. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) encodes the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase, and PSEN1 mutations are the most common cause of early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD).
Andrew A Sproul, Samson Jacob, Deborah Pre, Soong Ho Kim, Michael W Nestor, Miriam Navarro-Sobrino, Ismael Santa-Maria, Matthew Zimmer, Soline Aubry, John W Steele, David J Kahler, Alex Dranovsky, Ottavio Arancio, John F Crary, Sam Gandy, Scott A Noggle   +15 more
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A bio-ecological interpretation of the relationship challenges in the context of the reconstituted family

South African Journal of Education, 2015
From an educational psychology perspective, family life - as a child's primary educational situation - is changing drastically as divorces increase worldwide. Various challenges to relationships accompany the restructuring of family systems after divorce.
S Ebersohn, AC Bouwer
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C-type Lectin Mincle Recognizes Glucosyl-diacylglycerol of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Plays a Protective Role in Pneumococcal Pneumonia. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2016
Among various innate immune receptor families, the role of C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) in lung protective immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is not fully defined.
Friederike Behler-Janbeck, Tomotsugu Takano, Regina Maus, Jennifer Stolper, Danny Jonigk, Meritxell Tort Tarrés, Thomas Fuehner, Antje Prasse, Tobias Welte, Mattie S M Timmer, Bridget L Stocker, Yoichi Nakanishi, Tomofumi Miyamoto, Sho Yamasaki, Ulrich A Maus   +14 more
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Palliative care practices and policies in diverse socio-cultural contexts: aims and framework of the ERC globalizing palliative care comparative ethnographic study

Palliative Care and Social Practice, 2023
Background: Palliative care as a specialist professional practice of care for people with advanced illness is becoming increasingly influential worldwide.
Annemarie Samuels, Natashe Lemos Dekker
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Leapfrogging the Melting Pot? European Immigrants' Intergenerational Mobility across the Twentieth Century

Sociological Science, 2021
During the early twentieth century, industrial-era European immigrants entered the United States with lower levels of education than the U.S. average. However, empirical research has yielded unclear and inconsistent evidence about the extent and pace of ...
Kendal Lowrey, Jennifer Van Hook, James D. Bachmeier, Thomas B. Foster   +3 more
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La diversidad de trayectorias de recomposición familiar

Revista de Antropología Social, 2009
This article try to explain the diversity of the experiences of the reconstituted families and the courses that lead to the reconstruction, based on a theoretical and practical approach. First, the bibliography review illustrates the diversity of rebuilt
Marie-christine Saint-jacques
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La communication dans la « réorganisation » des fusions-acquisitions

Communication, 2000
This paper, using a communications approach, presents an analytical grid for the integration of mergers and acquisitions. Founded on a constructionist vision of organizations, the grid defines integration as a process of « reorganization ».
Nicole Giroux
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A rare KCNE1 polymorphism, D85N, as a genetic modifier of long QT syndrome

Journal of Arrhythmia, 2014
Background: The gene KCNE1 encodes the β-subunit of cardiac voltage-gated K+ channels and causes long QT syndrome (LQTS). LQTS is characterized by the prolongation of QT interval and lethal arrhythmias such as torsade de pointes (TdP).
Kanae Hasegawa, MD, Seiko Ohno, MD, PhD, Hideki Itoh, MD, PhD, Takeru Makiyama, MD, PhD, Takeshi Aiba, MD, PhD, Yasutaka Nakano, MD, PhD, Wataru Shimizu, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Matsuura, MD, PhD, Naomasa Makita, MD, PhD, Minoru Horie, MD, PhD   +9 more
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